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John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster 1340 – 1399 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 March 1340

Birth Location: Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium

Death Date: 3 February 1399

Death Location: Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England

Father: King Edward

Mother: Philippa Hainault

Spouse(s): Blanche Lancaster, Catharina Roet, Catherine Swynford

Children(s): King Bolingbroke, Sir Fleet,, Joan Plantagenet, Lady Westmoreland

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster was born in 1340 in Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium, the child of King Edward and Philippa d'Avesnes of Hainault. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster married Blanche of Lancaster, Catharina Roet, Catherine Roet Swynford, and had children including King Henry IV Bolingbroke, Sir John "Fairborn Plantagenet" De Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset, 1st Earl of Somerset, Constable of England, Admiral of The Northern Fleet,, Joan Plantagenet, Lady Joan Plantagenet de Beaufort - Countess of Westmoreland. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster passed away in 1399 in Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster was born in 1340 in Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium, the child of King Edward and Philippa d'Avesnes of Hainault.
  • John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster married Blanche of Lancaster, Catharina Roet, Catherine Roet Swynford, and had children including King Henry IV Bolingbroke, Sir John "Fairborn Plantagenet" De Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset, 1st Earl of Somerset, Constable of England, Admiral of The Northern Fleet,, Joan Plantagenet, Lady Joan Plantagenet de Beaufort - Countess of Westmoreland.
  • John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster passed away in 1399 in Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

King Edward
1312 – 1377
Birth Location: Windsor Castle, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
KE
Philippa Hainault
1311 – 1369
Birth Location: Valenciennes, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
PH

Spouses(s)

Blanche Lancaster
1345 –
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England
BL
Catharina Roet
1345 – 1403
Birth Location: Henegouwen
CR
Catherine Swynford
Birth Location: Somerset, England
CS

Children(s)

King Bolingbroke
1367 – 1413
Birth Location: Old Bolingbroke, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
KB
Sir Fleet,
1371 – 1410
Birth Location: Chãteau De Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
SF
Joan Plantagenet
1379 – 1440
Birth Location: Château Beaufort, Lotharingen
JP
Lady Westmoreland
1510 – 1562
Birth Location: Halstead (Essex) England
LW

John Lancaster's Ancestors

Self
John Lancaster
1340 – 1399
Birth Place: Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium
Parents
King Edward
1312 – 1377
Windsor Castle, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
Philippa (d'Avesnes of) Hainault
1311 – 1369
Valenciennes, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Grandparents
King (Edward of) England
Windsor Castle, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
Isabella (of) France
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Lancaster's Descendants

1.
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John (of Gaunt, Duke of) Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) m. Blanche (of) Lancaster (25 March 1345 – 12Sep1368) m. Catharina Roet (1345 – 10 May 1403) m. Catherine (Roet) Swynford
  1. 1. King (Henry IV) Bolingbroke (3 April 1367 – 21 March 1413) m. Mary (de) Bohun (1369 – 04Jul1394)
    1. 1. King (Henry V) Plantagenet (29 August 1387 – 31 August 1422) m. Princess (Catherine DeValois of France, Queen Consert of England, Wife of King Henry V, Mother of King Henry VI, Grandmother of King Henry) VII (27 October 1401 – 3 January 1437)
      1. 1. Henry (Lancaster VI "King of England and France, Lord of) Ireland" (1421 – 1471) m. Henry (VI Lancaster King of) England (1421 – 1471) m. Margaret (of Anjou, Queen consort of) England (23 March 1430 – 25 August 1482)
        1. 1. Edward (IV King of England) Plantagenet (28 April 1442 – 17 July 1492) m. Elizabeth Talbot (March 1446 – 08 Sep 1487) m. Elizabeth (Queen Consort) Woodville (1443 – 8 June 1492)
  2. 2. Sir (John "Fairborn Plantagenet" De Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset, 1st Earl of Somerset, Constable of England, Admiral of The Northern) Fleet, (29 Jan 1371 – 16 March 1410) m. Lady (Margaret "The Poet's Muse" De Holand, Marchioness of Dorset, Duchess of Clarence and Lancaster, Countess) of (1385 – 30 December 1439) m. Margaret Holland (1528 – 1593)
    1. 1. Queen (Consort Joan de Beaufort of Scotland) Plantagenet (June 1402 – 15 Jun 1445) m. Sir (Edward 'Knight of the Holy Sepulchre”) Stradling (abt 1389 – 5 May 1453)
      1. 1. Lady (Katherine) Stradling (1424 – 1461) m. Sir (Maurice I "Morrys" Denys\Dennis Esq, Baron Denys of Olveston, High Sheriff of) Gloucestershire (1410 – 01 September 1466)
        1. 1. Sir (Walter) Denys\Dennis (1443 – 1 Sep 1503) m. Agnes D'Anvers (1445 – Oct 22 1518)
  3. 3. Joan Plantagenet (1379 – 1440) m. Thomas (De Holland, 1st Earl of) Kent (1502 – 1584)
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas De Holand - 2nd Earl of Kent, Knight of the) Garter (1518 – Aft. 1538) m. Alice Fitzalan (1518 – 11 May 1581)
      1. 1. Margaret Holland (1528 – 1593) m. Sir (John "Fairborn Plantagenet" De Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset, 1st Earl of Somerset, Constable of England, Admiral of The Northern) Fleet, (29 Jan 1371 – 16 March 1410)
    2. 2. Richard (Neville 5th Earl of) Salisbury (circa 1401 – 30 Dec 1460) m. Lady (Countess Alice de Montague 5th Countess of) Salisbury (1398 – 9 December 1462) m. Alice(Countess (of Salisbury) De) Montagu (circa 1406 – bet 3 Apr 1462 and 9 Dec 1462)
      1. 1. Lady (Eleanor de Neville Stanley, Countess of) Derby (1438 – 25 Mar 1490) m. Lord (Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby, King of Mann Knight of the Garter 2nd Baron) Stanley (Apr 1435 – 18 Jan 1504)
        1. 1. James (IV) Tudor (1457 – 22 Mar 1515) m. Anne ((Lady James Stanley)) Benger (1459 – 1515)
      2. 2. Joan Neville (1423 – 1462) m. William Fitzalan (23 November 1417 – 15 December 1487)
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas FitzAlan, 22nd (17th) Earl of Arundel, Chief Butler of England, Lt. of the Order of the Garter, Warden of the New Forest,) Keeper (1450 – 25 October 1524) m. Margaret (Arundel \) FitzAlan (1454 – 6 March 1490)
      3. 3. Alice (5th Countess of Salisbury Baroness Fitz Hugh) Neville (1430 – 22 Nov 1503) m. Henry (5th Baron) FitzHugh (Apr 1424 – 8 Jun 1472)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Fitzhugh (Abt 1465 – 28 FEB 1512/13) m. William (Scott) Parr (1434 – 26 Feb 1484) m. Sir (John Parr (Sheriff of) Westmoreland) (1434 – 26 Feb 1484)
    3. 3. Catherine (Duchess Norfolk) DeNeville (1401 – Jan 1478) m. Thomas ((Sir)) Strangeways (1395 – 27 Jan 1442) m. Thomas Strangeways
      1. 1. Isabelle Strangeways (4 Nov 1409 – 1447) m. Peter Gerard (1407 – 26 Mar 1447)
        1. 1. Sir (Sir Thomas Gerard, Baron Gerard of) Bryn (15 July 1431 – 27 Mar 1490 or 1486) m. Lady (Cecily Foulshurst, Baroness) Gerard (Abt. 1438 – 24 May 1502)
    4. 4. Eleanor (DeNeville de Neville\) Lady (1413 – 11 Aug 1472) m. Henry(Earl (of Northumberland") Percy (3 Feb 1392 – 22 May 1455)
      1. 1. Henry ("Earl of Nrthmb") Percy (25 JUL 1421 – 29 Mar 1461) m. Elizabeth Poynings (25 July 1421 – 11 February 1484)
        1. 1. Sir (Henry Percy Boyle (4th Earl of Northumberland) ) (1449 – 28 April 1489) m. Maud (Herbert Daughter of 1st Earl of) Pembroke (1448 – 27 Jul 1485)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Mortimer (1455 – 20 May 1512) m. Sir (Lord Baron Thomas West; 5th Baron of West of Oakhanger; 8th Baron of De La Warr; 3rd Baron & 8th Lord De La) Warr (1457 – 11 October 1525)
  4. 4. Lady (Joan Plantagenet de Beaufort - Countess of) Westmoreland (1510 – Abt. 1562) m. Ralph (Neville, 1st Earl of) Westmoreland (1497 – 1555) m. Sir (Ralph Neville - 1st Earl of) Westmoreland (Abt. 1534 – 22 Mar 1584) m. Ralph (de) Neville (about 1534 – 22 Mar 1584) m. Sir (Henry de Neville, Lord) Latimer (1510 – 1 Feb 1565)
    1. 1. Sir (George de Neville - Lord) Latimer m. Elizabeth (deBeauchamp of) Warwick (.... – ....)
      1. 1. Sir (Henry de Neville, Lord) Latimer (1510 – 1 Feb 1565) m. Lady (Joan Plantagenet de Beaufort - Countess of) Westmoreland (1510 – Abt. 1562)
    2. 2. Lord (Sir Richard II Latimer DE Neville Foxley) (Coyne) (Abt. 1533 – Aft. 1553) m. Ann Stafford (1505 – 1522)
      1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Margaret (Lady of Broke, Baroness of Broke) de Neville \) Danby (28 Apr 1500 – 14 Jun 1571) m. Sir (Lord Edward Willoughby van Wollaton Baron de Broke and de) Jure (EST 1512 – Nov 1517)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (DANBY m: Thomas Wentworth,) Esq. (1534 – 1554)
      2. 2. Johane (Neville) (Coyne) (7 March 1503 – 1589) m. William (Richard Haynes Haines Alcok) (Elcock) (26 Feb 1490 – 1550)
        1. 1. Alice ((Pole)) Beauchamp (1514 – 11 June 1588) m. John (Michell , Deputy Commisioner of the Subsidy of) Cornwall (1500 – 15 Oct 1568)
    3. 3. Thomas (Neville, Lord of Mathon, Sheriff of Staffordshire, Justice of the Peace) Worcestershire (3 May 1468 – ABT 1520) m. Ann Stafford (1505 – 1522)
      1. 1. Fortune (Neville) Norton (28 Apr 1501 – 23 Oct 1532) m. Sir (John Dennis Baron Dennis of) Pucklechurch (Bet. 1457–1523 – 2 Mar 1553)
        1. 1. Ann Dines (1515 – 3 Oct 1560) m. Richard (Robert) Cary (11 Jun 1517 – June 1570)

John Lancaster's Timeline

7 Records

1340
24 June 1340
Birth of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster in Abbaye De St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre Orientale, Belgium
Abbaye De St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre Orientale, Belgium
1340
March 1340
Birth of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster in Gent, Vlaanderen
Gent, Vlaanderen
1340
6 March 1340
Birth of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster in Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium
Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium
1399
3 February 1399
Age 59
Death of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster in Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
1399
3 February 1399
Age 59
Death of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster in Leicester Castle
Leicester Castle
1399
1399
Age 59
Death of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
None
1399
3 February 1399
Age 59
Death of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster in Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England
Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 June 1340
    Event Place: Abbaye De St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre Orientale, Belgium
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 06Mar1340
    Event Place: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: March 1340
    Event Place: Gent, Vlaanderen
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Place: Ghent

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 March 1340
    Event Place: Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 February 1399
    Event Place: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 03Feb1399
    Event Place: Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 February 1399
    Event Place: Leicester Castle
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1399

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 February 1399
    Event Place: Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: London, City of London, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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